Troubleshooting and tips
The notebook’s date or time is in
correct
SummertimeTime,daylight savingsTimenotcorrec tTime notcorrectInc orrect date /timeDateisincorrectBufferbattery,load
Cause Troubleshooting
Time a nd date are incorrect. ► Wi th the BI OS -S etup-Utility,
you can set the
date and time in the main menu.
If the time and date are still set incorrectly after
switching on the notebook.
► Please contact your sales out
let or our
Hotline/Service Desk.
The notebook’s LCD screen remains b lank
LCDscreenLCDscreenistoodark
Cause Troubleshooting
Monitor is switched off.
► Press a key or touch the touchpad.
External monitor or television set conn ecte d. ► Press the key combination to switch the
screen output, see "
Key combinations",
Page 23.
The LCD screen is difficult to read
LCDscreenLC D screen
Cause Troubleshooting
Reflected glare ► Turn the notebook or alter the tilt of the L CD
screen.
► Increase the brightness of the screen.
The external mo
nitor remains blank
Monitor
Cause Troubleshooti
ng
Monitor is switched off. ► Switch the external monitor on.
Power saving h as been activated (monitor is
blank).
► Press any key to continue.
Brightness is set to dark.
► Adjust the b
rightness of the monitor.
Screen output is set to the notebook’s LCD
screen
► Press the k
eycombinationtoswitchthe
screen out
put, see "
Key combinations",
Page 23.
The exte
rnal monitor’s power cable or data
cable is
not connected properly.
► Switch off the extern al monitor and the
notebook.
► Check w h ether the pow er cable is plugged
properly into the external monitor and into
the power socket.
► Check whether the data cable is properly
connected to the notebook and the external
monitor (if it is plugged in with a connector).
► Switch on the external monitor and the
notebook.
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